Teos, silver, tritemoria (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (540-478 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7714

540 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 94 kg

Description

Obverse:	Forepart of griffin right
Reverse:	Incuse square punch

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Teos

Ancient region:

Ionia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

540 BCE

to

478 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.30

Denomination:

tritemorion

Standard:

Image

]]AC225e Teos 540-478 Tritartemorion.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Balcer 1968, p. 35, n° 69-72 (Group XXX-XXXII)
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 225e

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	75	3	60	69, 71, 72
2	1	25	2	40	70
Total	4 of 4	100	5 of 5	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	5
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.25	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.25
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	75 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	15.6	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	312,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	20	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	40%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	641.03
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	94 kg <br /> 94 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	1,602.56

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation